The
Jericho Turnpike:
The Storied Route of Foxhunting from
New York to Virginia
Centered
around a reprint of a 1930 Fortune magazine article, this wonderful
new book chronicles the migration of foxhunters into Virginia during
the early 20th century and describes foxhunts along the fabled "Jericho
Turnpike," Virginia's Route 17. Fully illustrated, it contains
articles by authors Tommy Lee Jones and Alden Hatch, vintage photos
and hunt rosters, and the history of Weston, Casanova's landmark farmstead.
A fund-raiser
for Weston, Jericho Turnpike is available for $30 (incl.
s&h) from Warrenton Antiquarian Society/JT, P.O. Box 239, Warrenton,
VA 20188 or call (540) 347-0225. Books are available at stores locally
in Fauquier County, as well as at Borders, Horse Country, The Town Duck,
Virginia Company, Books & Crannies,
Winchester Book Gallery, Zig-Zag in The Plains, and more!
Published
by the Warrenton Antiquarian Society, a nonprofit 501 (c)(3) corporation,
for the preservation and restoration of Weston, a national and Virginia
Historic Landmark.
